Tacoma still flies under the radar when people talk about the Pacific Northwest. But the people who know it - love it. That includes the city's new mayor Anders Ibsen who says public safety and homelessness are his two top priorities. That's the discussion on this edition of Northwest Now.

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Rick Steves' European Easter

Taking you on a spring journey through Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Italy, and Greece, Rick Steves' European Easter celebrates this 2,000-year-old story in a variety of cultures. 

The Puzzle Lady

When a body turns up with a crossword clue pinned to it, Cora Felton, aka the famous 'Puzzle Lady', is thrown into a murder investigation which threatens everything she has worked not very hard for.

Sir David Attenborough highlights seven remarkable animal vocalizations, from humpback whales to the indri lemur. The film showcases pioneering research, revealing that many female songbirds sing and that animal songs are often more complex or manipulative than previously thought.

U.S. and the Holocaust: The Golden Door

The U.S. and the Holocaust follows America's response to one of the worst calamities in world history.  

The Ship That Turned Back

The film recounts the dramatic escape of her late husband, Irving Saraf, from Poland to Palestine in 1940, when he was just 7 years old. As a young boy, Irving and his family escaped from the Nazis by train from Lodz to Warsaw, then through Austria and Italy, before attempting to reach Palestine by boat in an aborted journey.